Behind the Scenes

The library staff ensure that media, information and literature are made available and procured as effectively and as efficiently as possible.

The user’s department takes care of the service areas in the reading rooms (information and loans), document supply and the closed stacks which accommodates almost 400,000 volumes.

The media processing section ensures that media are procured and made accessible as quickly as possible.

Subject librarians of the scientific service department are responsible for selecting literature, co-ordinating acquisitions and making the media available. These librarians are also available for specialist information retrieval and for mediating specialized information literacy.

The computer department takes care of the comprehensive information technology. The library administration supports the management in the areas of budgeting and staff.

Co-operation partners are: the computer centre of the TUHH, other libraries in Hamburg, the “Gemeinsamer Bibliotheksverbund” (GBV) (Joint Library Union) of 7 German federal states as well as specialized organizations and commercial business partners.